Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.SQLException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { try { String url = "jdbc:odbc:databaseName"; String driver = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"; String user = "guest"; String password = "guest"; Class.forName(driver); Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); String changeLastName = "UPDATE authors SET lastname = ? WHERE authid = ?"; PreparedStatement updateLastName = connection.prepareStatement(changeLastName); updateLastName.setString(1, "Martin"); // Set lastname placeholder value updateLastName.setInt(2, 4); // Set author ID placeholder value int rowsUpdated = updateLastName.executeUpdate(); // execute the update System.out.println("Rows affected: " + rowsUpdated); connection.close(); } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) { System.err.println(cnfe); } catch (SQLException sqle) { System.err.println(sqle); } } }